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chuck hagel, chuck hagel's wife grew up in mississippi. kinfolk still there. presumably they wonder why i can't support their kinsman. mr. chairman, you say we need a secretary of defense, and we do. the action today by north korea in the streets that. what's going on in iran demonstrate that. but we need the right secretary of defense. and i have to say, sitting there this week with secretary panetta, a man who i served with come in and i am proud to have voted for, i was proud to vote for him at the beginning of his term as secretary of defense come in here at the end of the term, i'm just as proud. mr. chairman, i would be delighted and eager to vote for you for confirmation for secretary of defense. i would do that without hesitation. i would've voted for senator warner, senator nunn. clearly senator hagel brought the right people with him, but we need the right secretary of defense, and chuck hagel is not the right secretary of defense for this time. we need a secretary of defense who can stand before the world and articulate that we reject a policy of co
chuck hagel, chuck hagel's wife grew up in mississippi. kinfolk still there. presumably they wonder why i can't support their kinsman. mr. chairman, you say we need a secretary of defense, and we do. the action today by north korea in the streets that. what's going on in iran demonstrate that. but we need the right secretary of defense. and i have to say, sitting there this week with secretary panetta, a man who i served with come in and i am proud to have voted for, i was proud to vote for him...
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hagel's nomination was pending in the senate for a record 34 days, more than three times the previous average of a secretary of defense. remember, mr. president, our country was at war. republicans have blocked executive nominees like secretary hagel not because they object to the qualifications, but simply because they seek to undermine the very government in which they were elected to serve. take the nomination of richard cordray to lead the consumer financial protection bureau. there was no doubt about his ability to do the job. but the consumer financial protection bureau, the brainchild of elizabeth warren, went for more than two years without a leader because republicans refused to accept the law of the land, because they wanted to roll back a law that protects consumers from the greed of wall street. so i say to my republican colleagues, you don't have to like the laws of the land, but you do have to respect those laws and acknowledge them and abide by them. similar obstruction continued unabated for seven more months until democrats threatened to change senate rules to allow u
hagel's nomination was pending in the senate for a record 34 days, more than three times the previous average of a secretary of defense. remember, mr. president, our country was at war. republicans have blocked executive nominees like secretary hagel not because they object to the qualifications, but simply because they seek to undermine the very government in which they were elected to serve. take the nomination of richard cordray to lead the consumer financial protection bureau. there was no...
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. >> chuck hagel testified to budget hearings on capitol hill today and was asked about the military handling of sexual assault cases. we will bring you the budget committee hearing next on c-span2 followed by the house budget senate committee hearing. the head of the fbi, robert mueller will testify tomorrow. he is expected to be asked about the use of surveillance programs. live coverage begins tomorrow at 10 eastern on c-span3. later committee will work on immigration legislation. we will hear from law enforcement and civil rights officials. watch live coverage starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span3. >> the video library of c-span has reached a library milestone. since the online launch in 2007, there are 200,000 hours of original programming and nonfiction books searchable and free. created by private industry. america's cable company. >> next, defense secretary chuck hagel and martin dempsey testify on the pentagon's 2014 budget request. nearly 1% decrease on spending from 2013. this is a one-hour force portion. >> with that, we will turn to our questions. secretary hagel
. >> chuck hagel testified to budget hearings on capitol hill today and was asked about the military handling of sexual assault cases. we will bring you the budget committee hearing next on c-span2 followed by the house budget senate committee hearing. the head of the fbi, robert mueller will testify tomorrow. he is expected to be asked about the use of surveillance programs. live coverage begins tomorrow at 10 eastern on c-span3. later committee will work on immigration legislation. we...
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it's tough for the legislators, chuck hagel said that he would decide on the plan within 30 days to work towards the tangled process to share medical records between the dod and the va. mr. secretary, it goes on to say that you are doing this at the urging that the members of the veterans affairs committee. they asked you to have the capabilities by december 31st. it mentions that secretary leon panetta, your predecessor had instead taken another approach of file sharing rather than building a single integrated system from scratch. he said he couldn't defend the past performance on record sharing. he said he stopped for their spending on the process and has restructured the program oversight. you know, i was in the other body before i came here. i've been here five years and that was on the veteran -- the subcommittee appropriations subcommittee dealing with veterans from some time over there mr. secretary. we didn't even have ipad and this has been developed in four short years. it seems to me that the fact that we have been talking in 2013 about file sharing only come in and not thinki
it's tough for the legislators, chuck hagel said that he would decide on the plan within 30 days to work towards the tangled process to share medical records between the dod and the va. mr. secretary, it goes on to say that you are doing this at the urging that the members of the veterans affairs committee. they asked you to have the capabilities by december 31st. it mentions that secretary leon panetta, your predecessor had instead taken another approach of file sharing rather than building a...
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hagel, who, by the way, is a republican and, by the way, is a vietnam hero for his combat activities there, and was a republican senator from nebraska. the minority leader himself is threatening to block president obama's nominee for secretary of labor, and he said so. secretary of labor is a good person. mr. president, he put himself through school working a as garbage man. his parents are immigrants. republicans on the -- now, mr. president, what we have done here for generations of the senate is we have hearings on these nominees. and that's the way it should be and there in recent years have been, after the hearings have taken place, a senator will say, i have a few more questions. we'll send them. and there were two, three, four, five questions. but secretary geithner, who recently resigned as secretary of treasury, he got 28 questions. but, mr. president, -- mr. mcconnell: would the senator yield for a question? mr. reid: i'm going to finish my statement. mr. president, we understand that now what has happened in these committees is that they ask all the questions they wanted
hagel, who, by the way, is a republican and, by the way, is a vietnam hero for his combat activities there, and was a republican senator from nebraska. the minority leader himself is threatening to block president obama's nominee for secretary of labor, and he said so. secretary of labor is a good person. mr. president, he put himself through school working a as garbage man. his parents are immigrants. republicans on the -- now, mr. president, what we have done here for generations of the...
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now we have chuck hagel who is now lobbying against the kirsten approach, to my knowledge. it's not good enough to say we have a zero tolerance policy. we do. but what does that mean? how does that translate into changing anything? i want to know. well, he wants to know? i'll tell him. support the kirsten gillibrand amendment, change this, reform this, take these serious offenses outside of the chain of command. it's not working. leon panetta, july 11-february, 2013, we have no tolerance for any form of sexual assault. he didn't take anything outside of the chain of command either. secretary robert gates, 2006- 2011 -- "first of all, i have zero tolerance for sexual assault." really? really? every one of these men had zero tolerance for sexual assault, and yet not one of them ever lived up to the promise, not one. sexual assault is running rampant, running rampant. we have 26,000 cases a year, and you know what percent gets reported? 10%. do you know what cases don't get reported? 90%. we have a 90% problem, mr. president. 26,000 cases, only 10% get reported, and 90% don't
now we have chuck hagel who is now lobbying against the kirsten approach, to my knowledge. it's not good enough to say we have a zero tolerance policy. we do. but what does that mean? how does that translate into changing anything? i want to know. well, he wants to know? i'll tell him. support the kirsten gillibrand amendment, change this, reform this, take these serious offenses outside of the chain of command. it's not working. leon panetta, july 11-february, 2013, we have no tolerance for...
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secretary chuck hagel has made it clear that combating this flight is a priority and that he demands results. i watched the hearing this morning and i want to take this opportunity to thank the witnesses for coming forward, and i believe that their testimony will contribute to making our military better. the department is in the process of implementing a multifaceted effort to address sexual assault in the military. in my office along with the judge advocate in the joint service committee are working to improve the legal policies pertaining to sexual assault. these efforts are designed to make our judicial and support structures more efficient, effective, and responsive to the needs of victims while preserving the rights of the accused. the department has recently authorized the united states air force to implement a pilot program that assigns special victims council who was report assault. they are experienced attorneys who advocate trial counsel and to be military judges. although the pilot has been operational for just six weeks, i understand the numerous victims havarti requested
secretary chuck hagel has made it clear that combating this flight is a priority and that he demands results. i watched the hearing this morning and i want to take this opportunity to thank the witnesses for coming forward, and i believe that their testimony will contribute to making our military better. the department is in the process of implementing a multifaceted effort to address sexual assault in the military. in my office along with the judge advocate in the joint service committee are...
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it's my understanding that chuck hagel prepared the president for his remarks this time. [laughter] before i get started today, i do want to talk to you more seriously about where we need to go as a conservative movement. i thought before i got certainly would share a few of the joke sided with the president and the crowd that might to have a little fun before we get started i thought maybe a couple leiter moments before we got started. you know, the gridiron dinner is for the washington press corps and the president to take back. a night to share a few laughs and not share things seriously. just genuinely enjoy each other's company. kind of like the president's interview on 60 minutes the other night. [laughter] >> you know the gridiron dinner used to be known as the night the media and the administration set aside their differences. back in the days when they actually had differences. i told the president of a lot to be clear i have no plans to run for president to it i mean, come on. what chance does someone with a funny name and dark complexion have to run for the uni
it's my understanding that chuck hagel prepared the president for his remarks this time. [laughter] before i get started today, i do want to talk to you more seriously about where we need to go as a conservative movement. i thought before i got certainly would share a few of the joke sided with the president and the crowd that might to have a little fun before we get started i thought maybe a couple leiter moments before we got started. you know, the gridiron dinner is for the washington press...